Who's the Cutest?!

My little man got his first "big boy" bath today. Up until now, I had been using the baby bath tub, but he was getting too wiggly and was trying to crawl out of it.

So, here he is.

My 3 Things Questionaire:

3 screen names you have:
1. Loelsh
2. Lo
3. Avalon912

3 things you like about yourself:
1. I gave birth to 3 beautiful babies
2. I have an o.k. singing voice
3. I have straight teeth (thanks to 3 1/2 years of braces!)

3 things you hate/dislike about yourself:
1. I'm a heffer
2. I'm impatient (am I done with this quiz yet?)
3. I'm always hungry

3 parts of your heritage:
1. German
2. Irish
3. Native American

3 things that scare you:
1. Dying young
2. spiders (ew)
3. being alone

3 of your everyday essentials:
1. sleep
2. pumping
3. food

3 things you're wearing right now:
1. White nursing bra (for my b.o.l.t.'s.)
2. Red gym shorts
3. My wedding ring

3 of your favorite bands/artists (at this time):
1. Clay Aiken
2. Kelly Clarkson
(yes, I love my "idols")
3. Casting Crowns

3 of your favorite songs at present:
1. You Are God Alone (Phillips, Craig & Dean)
2. Who Am I (Casting Crowns)
3. Break Away (Kelly Clarkson)

3 new things you want to try in the next 12 months:
1. Lose weight
2. not to conceive a baby
3. tone my muscles

3 things you want in a relationship:
1. Trust
2. True love
3. Respect

2 truths and a lie:(no particular order)
1. I have been to a Buckeye game
2. I played varsity tennis in high school
3. I can't make decisions

3 physical things about a love interest that appeal:
1. great smile (straight teeth)
2. good sense of humor
3. sexy booty

3 things you just can't do:
1. make myself throw up
2. wear a size 2
3. dance

3 of your favorite hobbies:
1. walking
2. shopping
3. reading romance novels

3 things you want to do really badly right now:
1. go to sleep
2. take a long leisurely bath
3. get my back tickled

3 careers you're considering (don't include what you do now):
1. contemporary christian singer
2. ultrasound tech.
3. interior decorator

3 places you want to go on vacation:
1. Disney World
2. Hawaii
3. Niagra Falls
(I've never been to any of these places)

3 things you want to do before you die:
1. be happy
2. be healthy
3. long life (read: Fiddler on the Roof)

3 people who have to take this quiz now:
1. drifter
2. Guru
3. Peekies

On The Go!

That pretty much sums up my life these days. It seems I am hardly ever at my home! For example today: I got up way too friggin' early so that I could drop off my van to have the brakes worked on.

Then my hubby took me to my grandparents' house so I could borrow one of their cars . Then while I was there, I had to feed the baby his breakfast and then gather all the kids back up and cram them all into the back of my grandma's Corsica.

Then I went to my other grandparents' house so they could watch my kids while I went to go work out. (I have a free 2 week guest pass to Bally's!) So, I ate lunch at their house, then I pumped (for the baby) and then went to work out.

When I got back to their house, my grandma and I and the 3 kids went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping.

When we got back from there, I had to pump again (man that takes up a lot of my time!) and heard from my hubby that my van was done. I really didn't expect them to get it done today. I was pleasantly suprised!

Then it was over to my dads house, since I couldn't reach him on the phone, to go take my other grandparents' car back to them and head out to pick up my van from the shop.

Then finally I got to come on home. After putting up the groceries, cleaning up the kitchen, collecting up all the trash in the house and starting a load of laundry, I am getting a chance to blog.

Of course the downside of this is that the baby has been sleeping for quite a while now and I am hoping that he doesn't wake up when I'm trying to go to bed somewhere between midnight and one a.m. With my luck, he'll be wide awake!! At least the girls had a snow day today, that made things a bit easier for me in that I didn't have to make the 4 usual trips to the school.

Ah...isn't mommy life....wonderful?!!

Gonna win a Pontiac SV6

Yeah, baby! I want to win one so bad. You have no idea how bad I want a new car. I am so sick of our pieces of poop cars. I have to take my current minivan in to get brake work done tomorrow. So lucky me gets to borrow my grandparents' chevy corsica. Woo hoo! Every day in February, Regis and Kelly are giving away one of these vans and are even covering the taxes so it really won't cost a thing to win it. How cool would that be?!! I must win one. I simply MUST! Even better, I must win 2!

Virtual Lo

Well, it's a fairly accurate representation of me. Especially the face. Guru thought at first glance that I somehow added a pic of myelf to make it seem more realistic.

Is it Bjork or Kevin?

I just don't know. In keeping with drifter's post(via guru) I found a nice pic of K.J. for ya. Here you go. We need to find a nice swan for ghraper to wear and post another side-by-side. Well, that's my blog du jour. Loelsh out.

Why...

...am I still always hungry? I thought that after a few days of eating less that one should stop feeling so hungry all the time. This has been true for me in the past, but for some reason this time around, my stomach just constantly growls. It's soooo annoying and it's making it really difficult for me to keep up with this "change of lifestyle".

...have I only lost 1 more lb so far this week? I mean, I am still breastfeeding, and I know that you shouldn't lose weight too quickly because you can release toxins into your breastmilk, but this is a bit TOO slow!

...is my little man so cute? I mean, really! He's the cutest boy in the world!

...did I sign up to coach upward cheerleading? I got stuck with the in-between age girls. The younger ones pay attention because they still have a fear for adults other than their parents, and the older ones are old enough to know better. But my girls are just at that age where they just do their own thing and don't pay attention. It's really annoying! And they aren't my kids where I can threaten them (well 1 of the girls is mine, but the other 7 aren't).

Just Call Me Oscar!

I have been super grouchy lately and I think I've figured out the problem. Ever since guru started back to school and I've had to start getting up earlier in the mornings, I have been very crabby! I don't think that it is the amount of sleep I get, so much as the time I get up that determines my grouch level. If I were to fall asleep at 11pm and get up at 7am, I would be more grouchy than if I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 9am. See what I mean? 8 hours of sleep in both scenerios, but in the latter one, I would be less grouchy. I don't know why that is, but I have found this to be true for me. So I guess until Summertime, when I can sleep in a bit longer, everyone can just expect me to be a beyotch! Good luck, everyone, you'll need it!

Great Deal!

I went to a couple of different stores today looking at their mis-mixed paints. I finally found a gallon of $19 Dutch Boy purple paint, for my daughters' room at their papaw's house, at Meijer. Wanna know how much I paid for it? That's right just $1.00. That's what I'm talkin' about! I need to keep my eyes open and try to get into Lowes and Home Depot right after the weekend and try to get some more good deals on the paint. So, sometime within the next week or two I will be gettin' my paint on!

Ooooo, Ooooo

That's right! A new season of American Idol starts one week from today! I am so excited. I just love that show. Sometimes I get upset with America, however, when they don't vote correctly. For example when Rueben won over Clay! I mean come on! Is America on crack? Clay was and IS clearly the better of the 2! Bring it on Simon Cowell, you rock!

A Fun Game For Ya!

20 questions, baby! Try it out, it's fun. Let me know what you think. I know, guru, you've been there done that! Nothing new to you on the internet!

Billy Blanks

O.k., so I started doing my tae bo workouts again. Not everyday, unfortunately, but trying for at least 3 times a week. What bugs me about these videos is that Billy doesn't exercise both sides evenly. You'll do one side then do the other, but he just makes you keep going on side 2 for a long time. It makes me feel uneven. So I modify it to get an even workout on both sides. Does anyone else doing these workouts do the same thing? Or am I the only one bothered by this?

Funny State Laws

These are real standing laws from around the United States of America...

Alabama: 1. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
2. Putting salt on a railraod track may be punishable by death
Arizona: 1. You may not have more than two dildos in a house
2. There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus
3. Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs
4. It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water
5. Hunting camels is prohibited
Arkansas: 1. A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month
California: 1. Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water. 2. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour
Connecticut: 1. You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
2. You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands. 3. In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce
Florida: 1. Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
2. A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
3. If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
4. It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
5. Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
6. It is considered an offense to shower naked
7. Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging
8. You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays
9. No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind
10. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal
Idaho: 1. Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds
2. You may not fish on a camel's or giraffes back
Indiana: 1. Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March
Illinois: 1. It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
2. You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile
Iowa: 1. Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.
2. One-armed piano players must perform for free
Kentucky: 1. By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground." 2. It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
Louisiana: 1. It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
2. Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."
Maine: 1. Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack
Massachusetts: 1. Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
2. Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
3. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
4. Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
5. No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car
Minnesota: 1. It is illegal to sleep naked
Nevada: 1. It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway
North Carolina: 1. Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields
Nebraska: 1. A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.
New Mexico: 1. Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.
New York: 1. A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
2. While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door
North Dakota: 1. Beer & pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
2. It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on
Ohio: 1. Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
2. No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July
Oklahoma: 1. Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
2. Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
3. Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
4. Tattoos are banned
Pennsylvania: 1. A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling. 2. No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.
2. It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors
Rhode Island: 1. It is illegal to throw pickle juice at a trolley.
South Carolina: 1. Horses may not be kept in bathtubs
Tennessee: Driving is not to be done while asleep
Texas: 1. A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit. 2. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
2. It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers
3. It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel
4. It is illegal to milk another person's cow
Utah: Birds have the right of way on all highways
Vermont: 1. Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week -- on Saturday night.
2. Whistling underwater is illegal
Virginia: 1. Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween
2. It is illegal to tickle women
Washington: 1. All lollipops are banned.
2. A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town
3. It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory
West Virginia: Roadkill may be taken home for supper
Wyoming: You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June

Sorry if I repeated any. Does anyone know anymore?

Political Humor

Just a little somethin' for all you Matrix fans out there...and all you Bush lovers (you know what I mean, Drifter!)

A post...Drifter style...

Had our first Upward b-ball game to cheer at this morning. All my girls seemed to still be asleep even though it was 10:30. I kept trying to get them to smile and look "cheerful" but they mostly seemed unamused by my antics....good thing they didn't have to try out...I'd only have 1 or 2 girls on my squad!

Baby man cut his 4th tooth today...They are all on the bottom...none on top. He doesn't want to go to sleep tonight...so I'm holding him while I type and he is being very wiggly and whiney.

Bought a small exercise tramp...oline today at Wally World for $20. It was a beyotch to put together...but hubby and I finally got it figured out. The girls think it's THEIR new toy, as they do my exercise ball I got when I was preggo with the boy to use as a birthing ball. Now to just get myself to use those things on a daily basis.

Ran out of my Zoloft I've been taking and didn't get it refilled cause they didn't seem to be helping...I still feel depressed a lot and am kinda moody (maybe I'm not getting enough sleep? No, never enough sleep!) but over the last few days since I haven't taken them, I've noticed I've become even more moody and angry.

My younger daughter just said (and she's said this before too) that sometimes she dreams about mamaw coming back and she's in a wheelchair...I'm glad she remembers her mamaw and hope she always will....It's coming up on the one year anniversary of her death on the 23rd of this month...I can't believe it's been a year!

Gotta start planning my younger daughter's 5th birthday party...Less than a month away...she wants a skating party like her big sister had on her last birthday...think we'll do that since it makes the planning easier on me...then not too much longer til I need to plan my baby's first birthday party! Where is the time going?

Well that's all for now...dudes and dudettes! Just some of my random thots...didn't think there were so many but I started typing and they just kept cumming to me.

My Flavor

I taste like Bread. I am a staple in almost everyone's diet. Friends like me are a complement to any other friends I get on with almost everyone, remaining mostly in the background, but providing substance when it would otherwise be lacking. What Flavour Are You?

Or if not that, I would be...

Cor blimey, I taste like Tea. I am a subtle flavour, quiet and polite, gentle, almost ambient. My presence in crowds will often go unnoticed. Best not to spill me on your clothes though, I can leave a nasty stain. What Flavour Are You?

Grrrrroooowl!

That's the sound my stomach keeps making. I keep eating little, healthy snacks today, but for some reason, my stomach just won't stop growling! Every time it growls, I think of some food that I want really bad. Like tortilla chips and salsa and ranch dressing, or Olive Garden's soup salad and breadsticks, or mushroom and cheese pizza and crazy bread! Ooooooooh, I'm so hungry. This really needs to stop, or I'm never gonna make it!!

My ABC's

Stolen from Trinity...
Anger management...no, not the movie, I need to work on controlling my anger
Baby boy- he takes up about 90% of my time
Celery. I snack on it every day.
Depression-why am I depressed all the time?
EE, she has strep throat
Folding neverending laundry!
Grandparents getting on my nerves.
Hungry, always hungry.
Ice water...can't be room temp. BLAH!
Joan of Arcadia, one of my favorite shows.
Kisses. I can't pick up the baby without kissing him.
Losing weight...but still have a LOOOONG way to go:(
Money-need more of it!
Naps? Nope, Not really.
Outer wear. It's been cold enough to wear a coat all week.
Pumping 3-4 times a day for the baby.
Quit eating everything in sight (since Monday).
Reading a romance novel.
Stressful- my life in a word.
Time-not enough in a day.
Upward Cheerleading. Games start tomorrow!
Van is a piece of crap!
What not to wear is on tonight.
X-rated films- my side job- yeah right!
Yelling at the kids too much.
Zany in my brain.

Brain Fart!

I can't think of anything to blog about, but I didn't want to break my record of blogging every day so far this year. So this is my blog for the day. Maybe tomorrow I will have something worth reading. Then again, do I ever?

Measure Up!

Are all of our weight loss challengers measuring themselves to gage how many total inches they lose? I couldn't find my measuring tape a couple of days ago, so I finally found it and took measurements tonight. I measured my upper arms, bust, waist, hips, thighs and my legs right above my knees. ( I'm not going to go all out and measure my wrists and ankles and whatnot, they're not my problem areas!) Now, I'm not going to list all of my measurements just now. Maybe after the numbers go down a tad, but what I will say, is that I can remember a time when I measured my waist and it was the same number that I just got for my thighs! How sick is that? If that doesn't make ya want to just puke, I don't know what will.

Back to Cheerleading

Well, after a 3 week break from coaching my upward cheerleading squad, I'm back at it again tonight. I am really wishing I had not signed up to do this. But I did and I intend to carry through with my commitment. When I agreed to do this, my hubby had not yet decided to go back to school. So he was going to be home to keep our 2 younger children while our oldest and I went to cheerleading. Well, now that he's in school, he has classes on Tuesday evenings so I now have to drive twice as far as my church (to drop off the 2 younger ones to be babysat) and then back to the church for cheerleading and then back out to get the kids and then back home. That's a lot of driving (about 38 miles all together) and a lot of gasoline. O well, I suppose it's not the end of the world. It's only for a couple of months and then by the time this quarter is over for guru, cheerleading will be over for me.
Go Upward!

Why do I bother?!

Trying to do my own nails that is. I stopped in at Sally's beauty supply store and bought some stuff to balance my own nails. I did the same thing that I was taught how to do last Wednesday when I got my nails done last. They were beginning to look a bit ugly so I thought I'd just fix them myself. Well I totally botched them. I thought they looked like @$$ before....They definately do now! Argh! Why do I do this to myself. I always screw up my nails. Even when I just paint them, I always do. Why is it so hard for me to do my own nails?

Early Day for Lo Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day that my hubby starts at the Ohio State University. He will be going to classes in the evenings which means he will have to get in to work early now on a daily basis. As it was until now this school year, he was getting up and taking our oldest daughter to school every day on his way to work and our younger daughter to preschool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. This meant he would get into work anywhere between 9 and 9:30 in the morning. Well this means I will have to start getting my butt up every morning to take them myself so that he can get to work earlier because he is going to have to leave on M-W-F before 4pm. Some of you may not understand that I NEED my sleep. My hubby seems to believe that I just WANT to sleep, that I should just get up and I'd wake up. Wrongo! I just happen to be a person whose body requires more sleep than some. Now, I don't just lay there and sleep all day, though, that would be nice to do sometime. I usually get to bed somewhere between midnight and 1am on a daily basis. Then the baby wakes up between 6 and 7 hungry. Well, hubby usually hands him to me for me to latch him on to the "boo" and then I go back to sleep with the baby and am up for the day by 8:30-9am. I like my mornings this way. I get up and feed the baby his cereal while I watch Regis and Kelly. Now I have to have my booty up and going in time to get my oldest to school by 8:30 (and her school is 15 miles away). I'll tell you this, I'm gonna be one tired, cranky mofo.

2005 Is Here!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that this year is a good one. I'm going to TRY to keep my thinking positive this year. I know that things aren't always gonna go the way I want. I know there are going to be things in 2005 that make me sad. But I'm going to try to keep my outlook on things positive. I have a real problem with thinking negatively. I need to be careful not to let one negative thing taint my outlook on everything else. Prevent the downward spiral that occurs in my mind when something goes wrong and then I end up getting majorly depressed. So that is my new year's resolution along with losing weight. My ultimate goal would be to lose about 90 lbs. But I honestly don't see that happening. See there I go again with the negative thinking. How do I change this? I need to stop it! I hate that about myself.

Need Ideas

Ok, so I think I've figured out part of my problem as to why I don't blog enough. (Besides the fact that I can't think of topics to blog about). I always get on the computer and the first thing I do is catch up on my babycenter and blogs. By the time I'm done with that, one of my kids (usually the baby) is needing my attention and I don't have time then to blog. Maybe I should start with blogging and then catch up on other stuff. But then, there's still the problem of coming up with blog topics. Any blog ideas for me? I'd love to hear them. And maybe I can keep my blog updated more.

My World

Here are my results from guru's quiz.






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Craptastic Christmas

I'm feeling a bit down tonight. I love to open presents, and it seems that each year I have less and less things to open. Of course a lot of my presents came from my parents (which my mom bought) but now that my mom's gone, and dad doesn't shop, we got $ from him. Now don't get me wrong, I'd much rather get $ than a bunch of junk presents that I can't use. I just felt a bit jipped I suppose on the opening of presents this year. I got a nice PartyLite Christmas tree with some magnetic ornaments and tealights from Trin and ghraper. My mom's parents gave me a cute purse with an L on it and a $25 gift card to WalMart. My mother in law gave me a glass bowl thing with 3 floating candles. And my father in law and his girlfriend have me a gift basket from bath and body works. I got nothing from my dad's parents and nothing from my brother in law and his family. My hubby and I also did not exchange gifts this year due to finances, or lack there of. I used to look so forward to Christmas and opening presents. Christmas this year just didn't seem right somehow. It never felt like Christmas for me. And now it's over. O well. Time to move on. I'm hoping that 2005 brings a better year than the one that is ending. The only good thing that came out of 2004 for me is my son!

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Presents

I love wrapping presents. I think I do it quite well, if you ask me. (Especially if the boxes are rectangular). My daughters always want to help me wrap, but I just can't stand a messily wrapped gift. I will occasionally let them put on some tape. I did this the other night and my younger daughter wrinkled every piece of tape she put on. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but it does. She also ripped one of the presents. I was able to repair it with a bit of tape, but I'm not completely satisfied with it. O well. Life goes on. I was at my grandma's house today and wrapped a lot of her presents for her. I had fun. She watched the kiddos while I wrapped because she hates to do it. It was relaxing for me. The girls kept coming and knocking on the bedroom door, where I was, making excuses for why they just HAD to come in. (them: "I have to go to the bathroom" me: "ther's another bathroom out there, use that one" them: "I need to brush my teeth and my toothbrush is in that bathroom" me: "well then, you'll just have to wait"). Yeah, I knew what they were up to. They knew I was wrapping gifts for them and they wanted to try to get a peak. I was a kid once, I know how their mischievous little minds work. I still have a few presents left to wrap at home, a couple that my hubby still needs to buy so I can wrap them, because I really didn't want to have to wrap presents on Christmas eve, but it looks like I will.

One For The Ladies

By the way, this was NOT written by me. I just thought it was hilarious. Enjoy!

The first thing you should know is that hair removal is not my friend. The particular talent of removing unwanted hair has eluded me and,dare I say, become both my identifying trademark and downfall. True story...
All methods have tricked me with their promises of easy, painless removal - the Epilady, the standard razor, the scissors, the Nair, the EpilStop, and now ...The Wax. My night began as any other normal weekday night. I came home from work, fixed dinner for my son and we played for a while. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next couple hours:maybe I should use that wax in my medicine cabinet. I set up my boy with a video and head to the site of my demise, um, I mean bathroom. It was one of those cold wax kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the clear strips in your hand, peel them apart, press it on your leg (or wherever) and ignore the frantically rising crescendo of string instruments in the background. No muss, no fuss. How hard can this be? I mean, I'm not the girly-est of girls but I'm mechanically inclined so maybe I can figure out how this works. You'd think. So I pull one of the thin strips out. It's two strips facing each other, stuck together. I'm supposed to rub it in my hand to warm and soften the wax (I'm guessing). I go one better: I pull out the hair dryer! And heat the SOB to ten thousand degrees. Cold wax, my butt. (Oh, how that phrase will come back to haunt me.) I lay the strip across my thigh. I hold the skin around it and pull. OK, so it wasn't the best feeling in the world, but it wasn't bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am Sheera, fighter of all wayward body hair and smooth skin extraordinaire! With my next wax strip, I move north. After checking on the boy and verifying that he was, in fact, becoming one with Bear and learning all about smells, I sneak into the bathroom for The Ultimate Hair Fighting Championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I then apply the wax strip across the right side on my bikini line, covering the right half of my vagina and stretching up into the inside of the right butt cheek. Yeah, it was a long strip.) I inhale deeply. I brace myself.
RRRIIIIPPP!!!!
I'm blind! Blind from the pain!
Vision returning.
Oh crap. I've managed to pull off half an inch of the strip. Another deep breath. And RIIIP! Everything is swirly and tie-dyed? Do I hear crashing drums? OK, coming back to normal again. I want to see my trophy - my wax covered pelt that caused me so much agony. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold the wax strip like an Olympic gold medalist. But why is there no hair on it? Why is the wax mostly gone? Where could the wax go, if not on the strip? Slowly, I eased my head down, my foot still perched on the toilet. I see hair - the hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I feel. I am touching wax. I look to the ceiling and silently shout "nooooooo!!" And realize I have just begun living my own personal version of "The Tar Baby." I peel my fingers off the softest, most sensitive part of my body that is now covered in cold wax and matted hair, and make the next big mistake - up until this point, you'll remember, I've had my foot on the toilet. I know I need to move, to do something. So I put my foot down on the floor. And then I hear the slamming of the cell door.
Vagina? Sealed shut.
Butt? Sealed shut.
A little voice in my head says "I hope you don't have to crap anytime soon. Your head just might pop off." I penguin walk around the bathroom trying desperately to figure out what I should do next. Hot water! Hot water melts wax! I'll run the hottest water I can stand and get in - the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it away, right? Wrong. I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than is used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment. And I sit.
Now the only thing worse than having your goodies glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of a tub. In scalding hot water. Which, by the way, does not melt the cold wax. So now I'm stuck to the tub.
I call my friend, C, because she once dropped out of beauty school so surely she has some secret knowledge or trick to get wax off skin. It's never good to start a conversation with "So my hoohoo and butt are stuck to the tub." She doesn't have a trick. She does her best to suppress laughter. She wants to know exactly where the wax is on my butt. "Are we talking cheek or hole, here?" she asks. She isn't even trying to hide the giggles now. I give her the run-down of the entire night. She tells me to call the number on the side of the box, but to have a good cover story for where the wax actually is. "You know that if we were working the help line at XX Wax Co. and somebody called with their entire crack sealed shut we'd just put them on hold then record the conversation for everyone we know. You're going to end up on a radio show or the internet if you tell them the truth. "While we go through various solutions, I have resorted to scraping the wax off with a razor. Boy, nothing feels better to the girly goodies than covering them in wax, sticking them to a tub in super hot water and THEN dry shaving the sticky wax off! In the middle of the conversation (which has inexplicably turned to other subjects!) I find the little, beautiful saving grace that is the lotion provided with wax to remove the excess. I rub some in and start screaming "It's working! It's working!" I get hearty congratulations from C and we hang up. I successfully remove all the wax and notice, to my dismay, that the hair is still there. So I shaved the damned stuff off. Hell, I was numb by that point anyway. And then I put the box of wax back in my medicine cabinet. Never know when a moustache might start to come in.
Tonight, I attempt hair dying.

Cleaning!

Well, like I mentioned before, we are having Christmas here this year with guru's side of the family. It will be this Sunday. I left the kids with my grandma today so I could actually do some cleaning. I simply cannot clean with them around. Especially the baby who won't let me go out of his sight let alone put him down without screaming his head off! AARRGGH!! That is soooo frustrating. So I'm taking a break right now after spending the last 2 hours cleaning up the downstairs (and I haven't even mopped or vacuumed yet!) It didn't look like there was THAT big of a mess, but my kids "toy corner" was a mess and I did a thorough job of cleaning it out and throwing some things away and straightening it so it looks presentable. Now I just have to keep them out of it until after Sunday. Good luck with that, Lo. Now I need to clean upstairs which is going to be an even bigger task than downstairs, but I don't have time to do it all before I have to go and pick up my children. I HATE this! I can't stand the mess. I'm going insane. But I can't keep this house clean with my children who refuse to pick up their messes and a baby who won't let me leave him for a second. I've told my girls that they need to put away whatever they get out to play with before they get out any more toys. That way they'll never have a mess to clean up. They fart around and complain so much when I tell them to clean their rooms that I always end up doing it myself and there is always a HUGE mess. I've threatend to throw all their toys away if they can't keep them picked up, but then I always feel bad about throwing things away that were expensive or still good toys. They have way too many. And no matter how many times I tell them not to bring their toys out of their bedrooms, they still do! It makes me so mad. I hate cleaning! I also hate messes! What's a girl to do, I say?

p.s. We're having chicken Sunday! I know how to make it and it tastes good. If anyone has a problem with it, they can bite me!

Picky, Picky, Picky!

We all have at least one person on our Christmas shopping list that is extremely difficult to buy for. For me, it is my grandfather. What do you get for somebody who is so incredibly picky about EVERYTHING?! Not only is he picky, but he already has everything that he needs and/or wants because if he needs and/or wants something, my grandma just buys it for him. So there is NOTHING that he needs. My grandma suggested a shirt. But again with the pickiness factor. It has to be a button down shirt with 2 front pockets that have buttons. Oh, and it has to be made in the USA. He likes to wear hats, but he has 1 hat that he wears all the time and says that other hats don't fit him right. He likes word searches, but he would probably complain about the print being too small. Then my grandma suggested getting him a cd. Well, if he wants a cd during the year, he gets it, so there aren't any out there that he wants and doesn't have. He doesn't even listen to music that often anyway. What do you get someone who has so many stipulations on things. He has certain things that he likes and nothing else is good enough. Right down to the kind of socks he wears. They have to be a certain kind and a certain brand or they don't fit right. Argh! I just want to give him a lump of coal and say "that's what you get for being so fargin' picky!"

What to do about Christmas?

Our Chrismas gathering with guru's side of the family is usually at his dad's house. It's always a bit cramped because his dining room is on the small side and seating sucks (2 big butts have to squeeze onto the piano bench or one big butt and 2 little ones). Now this year, we have another person to add to the table. This one needs a highchair. It's never gonna fit. It also means we'd have to take a highchair with us. My idea is to have the gathering at our house where we can spread out more. Also, there will be no dog or dog hair on the carpet so I can actually let the baby crawl around and not have to hold him the whole time. Now, the problem is this...If the gathering is at my house, I have to do the cooking. I HATE cooking!! But, for the above mentioned reasons, I would be willing to do it. However, I have never cooked a turkey in my life. I have absolutely NO desire to put my hand inside a dead bird and clean out the guts. I would buy a ready to cook bird, but they are very expensive. What should I do? I really want it at our house this year, but how do I get a nice turkey dinner when I can't cook the turkey?

Life Sucks!

So the right rear tire on my minivan went flat over the weekend. It sat in my garage until hubby put on the spare on Sunday (The 5 of us cramed into his Ford Contour the whole weekend). Then today I went in to get it fixed. I went in hoping that there was just a nail or something in it and it could be plugged and patched. $20 and I'm outta there. No such luck. They told me the tire was unsafe to fix and that I would have to buy a new tire. Then my grandma, who came with me, told the guy he should check the other tires too, "just to be safe". To which of course I replied, "I don't have money to replace all my tires, grandma, are you gonna pay for them?" Well, turns out, both of my front tires were unsafe as well and also needed replaced. Great! As if we weren't already wondering how we were going to pay our car payments and buy Christmas presents, I had to shell out $237 on new tires! And that was at the Discount Tire Co. Why do these things always happen to me? Why always at times when I need any extra money I can find? Life is just throwing me many lemons and I don't have the recipe for lemonade!

Free Food Tastes Good!

Last night my hubby and I went out to celebrate my bithday with dinner and a movie. Well, we ended up not even eating dinner. You can read about that here on guru's blog. His story is accurate except that he makes it sound like he had to twist my arm to let him call the manager, when in fact, I just didn't want to stop on the way out of the restaraunt and cause a scene. I figured we could just call and talk to him later (which he did). Well, we went in this afternoon and ate lunch and of course it was free. I don't know if everything tasted so good because there happened to be a good cook there, or if it was because it was on the house. I think a combination of the two. I was able to sit and enjoy my meal and not have to worry about the money we would be shelling out for it. Maybe the bad experience last night was actually a blessing in that way. Then we went to see Ocean's Twelve. A good movie, as was Ocean's Eleven. The only thing I didn't really care for was how there was a lot of jerky camera movement. It was making me dizzy to where I had to close my eyes a few times to keep from getting seasick. I don't remember the first one being quite so bad about that.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Well as all of my loyal readers already know, today is my 25th birthday. It has been a nice one. It started out with my hubby taking the baby with him when he took our oldest daughter to school this morning and letting me sleep. Then he brought me breakfast in bed when he got back along with my present (a gold ring with a heart shaped stone). Then I just hung around the house until late afternoon when I had to go renew my driver's license. Of course the picture sucked donkey kong, but I think most driver's license photos do. Then the family and I went to my grandparents' house for dinner. We had chicken, corn, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy and rolls. My dad came over and ate with us too. Tomorrow hubby and I will officially go out for my b-day. The girls are going to spend the night with their papaw (my dad) and my grandma will watch the baby and we'll pick him up on our way home. I think we're going to go see Ocean's Twelve. Should be a great movie! I am a bit sad today, however, since this is the first birthday I am celebrating without the person who gave birth to me. I wish she was here to share today with me and that I could hear her tell me "happy birthday". But I can't. Well that's it for now, I'm kinda tired of typing since I had this all typed out and it got lost when I tried to post it and I had to do it all over again. Stupid Blogger!!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

Well, I decided to put up my Christmas tree. I wasn't sure if I would because of the baby crawling around and whatnot, but I was bored Sunday night while my hubby went to Damons with ghraper and drifter to watch the Steelers game. And since Desperate Housewives wasn't on, I thought, what the hay! It's kinda skimpy in the ornament department, but I plan on trying to snag some more when they go on clearance at the end of the season. No real theme, just hodgepodge. Here's a couple of pictures of it if you care to check it out. So to quote Grover...
Near


Far


Oh, and I'm sure you noticed that I have no tree topper. I actually have an angel, but she kept falling over. So I went out and bought a star to put on it but, again, same problem. So I'll be taking that back to the store. I don't know what to put up there, maybe I could steal the idea of putting a Santa hat up there. But I suppose that would be unoriginal and I wouldn't want to step on any toes. So, I know my Charlie Brown tree is kinda lame, but at least I put it up, huh? If all you bloggers feel like it, why don't you all show off your trees too? Maybe I could get some ideas for next year.

Party Time!

Apparently today is the day for kids birthday parties. My oldest has a friend from school who is having a skating party today and my younger daughter has a friend from church who is having his party at Magic Mountain. Of course they both start at 2:00 so my hubby and I will have to each take one. Guru is going to take the oldest to hers and drop her off and I'll take the younger one to hers and stay there with her. The little man will go with his daddy so I don't have to juggle him and watching his sister at the same time. Should be tons-o-fun.

Sand Art

I got these pictures emailed to me. They are really cool. This guy apparently does this all the time and makes new ones constantly since the water washes them away. What a talent huh? Let me know what you think.

Here I Am!

I'm sure all my faithful readers have been wondering where I've been lately. I've been getting organized! That's right. My house is all clean and sparkling from ceiling to floor and you could eat off my toilets. (But I wouldn't anyway). My Christmas decorations are all up and all of my shopping is done with every present wrapped neatly and tucked away in a nice cozy spot until Christmas Eve. The stockings are all hung by the...faux fireplace...with care. My family's meals for the week are all either prepared, cooked and in the freezer or at least planned so that all I need to do is heat them up. My cheers, chants and movements for upward cheerleading are all memorized and waiting in my brain and the devotion for tonight and the rest of the season have been looked over, planned out and written down in my notebook so that I can simply look over them before go time and be all set. So as you can see, I've been keeping myself busy lately and am out to be the best of the best in everything I do and from now on, I will even throw in blogging to the mix of my multitasking. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! Oh no, time to get up already? But I was having the best dream of my life. O well. A girl can dream can't she?

Hungry?

I stole this from a post on babycenter where it was stolen from somewhere else. Too funny not to share. All you mommies out there will find this humorous.

Shopping Frustration!

ARGH!! I am getting really upset that I cannot find a Christmas outfit for my son!! All the stores have about a million and one adorable little dresses for girls and NOTHING for boys at all!! I've been to 6 different stores in search of a cute outfit for my little man (cause I need to find his first then I can go anywhere to find something for the girls to match) and all I've found is either a suit (that's dressy, but not Christmasy) or a Christmas sweater and corduroy pants outfit, that is either newborn sized or 12+ months. Why oh why do they not make a bigger selection for boys?!! I really need to get their pictures taken for our cards, but we are running out of time here. What do I do?! Stupid clothing manufacturer people!

Grilled Cheese Anyone?

Oh my! This is just crazy. Check out this ebay auction and let me know what you think of it.

We have a crawler!

Yep, the baby is officially crawling. Life will only get more complicated now. He is such a cute little man! I have some pics on my cell phone that I need to put on the computer so I can share them on here. I took him to the doctor today because he has been sick now for about 2 weeks, since he got his 6 month shots. He has been puking and has now developed a cough and congestion too. He lost a few ounces because of the fact that he is once again not eating well and what he does eat, he sometimes gets rid of. Hopefully this will pass soon and he will be feeling better and eating well.

What The Hay?!!

I was going to watch last weeks replay of Desparate Housewives, but abc was playing Harry Potter. I was looking forward to watching it again and guru was going to watch it since he missed it last Sunday. Don't worry, though, I did fill him in on what went on, but still, it's not the same as actually seeing it, ya know?

Upward Cheerleading

LET'S GO UPWARD, LET'S GO!!! Thaaaat's right, people, I'm going to be coaching a cheerleading squad at my church for Upward Basketball. One hour of practice a week and one game each Saturday. What have I gotten myself into here? I've never coached anything. Nor do I have ANY cheering experience. Sure I always wanted to be a cheerleader, they could do all those cool flips and stuff, but I was always too fat and waaaay too shy. My oldest daughter wanted to cheer last year, but we couldn't afford to let her join, and we promised her she could this year. My younger daughter just missed the age cut off for this year, so maybe next year. I think it should be fun though, as long as none of the kids make fun of me because I'm fat, or I'll probably drift back in time to being teased as a kid and go off into a corner and cry or something. I don't know if I'll be coaching my oldest daughter's team or another age group. I have a meeting to go to next Monday evening and hopefully I will find out then.

Another One

Keeping with the theme, which desperate housewife are you? Here's me...

Congratulations! You are Lynette Scavo, the
ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for
boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as
the mother of four unmanageable kids.


Which Desperate Housewife are you?
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Desperate Housewives

Is anybody else involved with this story? I've been watching it and I think that it is a great show. It is apparently a controversial show, because some people think that it depicts housewives in a negative way. I don't agree. They are not saying that all housewives are this way, they are simply singling out a few on one particular street. We all have hidden things in our lives that we don't want our neighbors knowing, there's nothing wrong with that. I think it is funny how people on t.v. shows and movies always play characters that are so much younger than they really are. For example on this show, Jesse Metcalfe, who plays the 17 year old gardener that is having an affair with one of the housewives, is actually exactly one year older than I am, Born December 9, 1978. I was a bit suprised about that as I thought that he was probably about 18-20 max in real life. Well here is a nice picture of him in case you don't know who I'm talking about. Another cutie pie.

A Compliment from my Daughter

As I was driving home this evening with my 3 children in the car, we were singing "Show Me Your Glory" by Third Day when all of a sudden my 7 year old daughter said "mommy, you sing good enough to be on the radio". While I don't really agree with her, I said thank you and said that I wasn't sure about that and she said, "well, I think so". Awe! That was such a nice thing for her to say to her mommy!

Having A Bad Day!

My head is splitting right now and I feel so stressed. I don't know why. Everything is rubbing me the wrong way today. My children were little devils tonight and would not stop fighting!!! That right there put me in a pissy mood. I just wanted to drive myself over a bridge. I got that knot in my stomach from pent up anger. I felt as if I was going to explode!! And now I feel simply exhausted and am left with a headache. I have also been a bit snappy this evening. It was just earlier today that I mentioned that I can turn into Satan at times and I can feel my horns slowly emerging from my head tonight!

How Forgiving Are You?

O.K., just one more quiz this evening.

Here's me:
Balanced forgiver. You're a basically kind person with a sense of balance and boundaries. However, you're no Mother Theresa.

A Religious Quiz

I came across this quiz online this evening, and thought it would be interesting to know everyone's results. Take it at your leisure and leave me a comment as to your results. Here are mine (top 5):

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (97%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (84%)
5. Islam (84%)

Two Words..."OH MY"

This is hilarious!! I could relate to almost every one of these.

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's OR EARLY 90's IF..........

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE"
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". And can do the "Carlton".
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "DuckTales" (Wooooh!)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen...and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide. Probably because you made it your self and thought a ramp would be a great idea!
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do... getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales"
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
55. You just sang those words to yourself.
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
58. You remember when mullets were cool!
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World"
61. You tight rolled your jeans.
62. You owned a banana clip
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!!

My Answers

FIRST'S
First best friend: Trisha Myers
First car: '88 Plymouth Sundance
First real kiss: Joey Rhodes at a Halloween lock-in when I was 14
First break-up: Nick Hand in 9th grade
First self purchased album: I don't think I've ever purchased an album for myself
First funeral: great grandmother Barnett (granny)
First enemy: some girl named Shasta (not kidding)
First big trip: Grand Canyon when I was around 5 months old
First music you remember hearing in your house: Southern Gospel

LAST'S
Last kiss: my little man a few minutes ago
Last good cry: 2 words: post-partum depression
Last library book checked out: Some Romance Novel
Last movie seen: Shark Tale
Last beverage drank: Diet Pepsi
Last food consumed: fun-sized snicker's bar
Last crush: Bryan Northern (The cutie patooty booty! It's fair my hubby loves his wife)
Last phone call: Angie
Last time showered: A couple of hours ago
Last annoyance: The baby not wanting to nurse, so I had to pump
Last time wanting to die: Right before I got my epidural when I was in labor with the boy :)

FAVORITES
Boy's names: My son's name & Ryan Andrew
Girl's names: My daughters' names and that's about it
Subjects in school: Theater, German, Gym, Choir
Animals: Baby ones

HAVE YOU EVER
Given anyone a bath? my children
Smoked? tried it, yucky!
Bungee jumped? No
Made yourself throw up? This is my least favorite activity of all times.
Skinny dipped? No
Been in love? Yes
Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? You betcha
Pictured your crush naked? Yes
Actually seen your crush naked? No
Been rejected? Yes
Rejected someone? Yes

ARE YOU
Understanding: I try to be
Open-minded: Usually
Arrogant: I don't think so
Insecure: Definately
Moody: No, never! Why do you ask? GET OFF MY BACK YOU #$#^%^! Sorry, I shouldn't be that way. Bastard.
Organized: Sometimes
Bored easily: Yes
Obsessed: Yes
Disappointed: Yep
Happy: Seldomly

WHO DO YOU WANNA
Kill: A Mockingbird?
Slap: Ignorant mofo's
Look like: Angelina Jolie (so my hubby would be attracted to me!)
Talk to offline: Anyone who will talk to me
Talk to online: Family and Friends

WHICH IS BETTER
Coke or Pepsi: Diet Pepsi
Flowers or candy: Candy: if it's chocolate!
Tall or short: Tall

RANDOM
Wish you were a member of the opposite sex: It would be interesting for a day
Wish you were younger: Only if I could go back in time. I'd change some bad decisions I made.

NUMBER OF
Of guys I've kissed: 6 or 7
Of girls I've kissed: 0

My Sicky Boy

Well, I haven't blogged in a few days because I've been taking care of a sick baby. Since Saturday night, he has been throwing up almost everything he has eaten. Today, has been a better day, it's 10 pm and we've managed to make it the whole day so far without any puking! Yeah! However, he has not had a lot to eat, as I do not want to stuff him full and make him lose it. He had his 6 month check up on Friday, which meant 4 shots including a flu shot, so maybe that has something to do with him being sick. (btw: he is 17 lbs 1.5 oz and 28 1/2 in.) He's sssoooo close to crawling!! He tries to move both legs at the same time so it's more of a scoot so far than a crawl. I'm thinking within a few days he'll have it down. Did everyone get out and vote today? I hope so. I know I did. I see that some of you out there in blog world have also been slacking on updating your blogs. What up, yo? I gave you my reason, now what's your excuse?

Bad Mommy!

I feel really bad. Last night was trick or treat and I was going to take my kids to the harvest festival. We had all been looking forward to going for a couple of weeks. Well yesterday afternoon, I started feeling really ill. I was achy all over and my stomach was doing flip flops. I don't understand what brought this on. I felt so weak and sick I could barely move. After picking up my oldest daughter from school, I knew I couldn't make it home, I needed to rest. I stopped by my grandma's house to have her help me with the kids so I could take a nap. (and try not to vomit!) So my grandparents took the kids out to dinner while I rested. I finally felt ok enough to drive home around 8:30. I tossed and turned all night. I couldn't get comfortable. Today I've felt somewhat better. Actually a TON better compared to last night. So now, I just have to make sure I take them up to Delaware Sunday night so they can trick or treat. I just feel bad that they didn't get to go to the festival. When we got home last night, my younger daughter saw her costume and said "you said we were going to get to wear those today", I felt so terrible!

A Little "Funny"

I saw this on babycenter today and thought I'd share with blog world...

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother
couldn't help noticing how beautiful John's roommate Julie was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate, and this only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Julie and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Julie came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I can't find the silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an e-mail just to be sure."
So he sat down and typed: "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, John."
Several days later, John received an e-mail from his mother which read:
"Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Julie, and I'm not saying you 'do not' sleep with Julie. But the fact remains that if she were sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love,
Mom."

Thanks to Kami for that little laugh.

LA Weight Loss

Dag! It sucks to have no money! I went in there today to check out their program because they were advertising $5 a week, so I thought, I should do it. I thought it would be a pay as you go type of thing. Well, I get there and they want all the money up front. I don't have $540 (what they calculated it would be to get to my goal and do their other 2 steps totalling 101 weeks) to just lay down today! Apparently after like 6 months or whatever, you get half of it back. And if I understood correctly, you get some $ back at the end too. But I just don't have the $ to start. That sucks. I think I am doomed to be fat forever. I have no willpower! Somebody help me!!!

Half way to a year!

My baby is 6 months old today! It is so hard to believe that it was six months ago today at 5:20a.m. that he was born. It truly doesn't seem like it's been that long. He goes to the Dr. on Friday, so I can update you then on his progress. I think he's around 17 lbs. I have no idea how long he is. He will also have to get some shots so, I'll be in for a mighty fun weekend! Yea!

Baby Bums

I just love 'em. Especially my baby's bum. This is his favorite sleep position these days. It used to be that he absolutely hated being on his tummy. He would throw a fit if you'd lay him on his tummy, and throw a fit if he turned onto his tummy and couldn't roll back over. (Now, of course, he can turn over on his own very well). But now, if you lay him on his back, he'll almost always turn to his tummy immediately, even if he is sleeping. He loves to sleep on his tummy-tum-tum. He is also getting up on his hands and knees now and rocking back and forth. (he also gets up on his hands and toes and makes a "bridge"). He wants so badly to crawl. I don't know if I am ready for this yet. I can't believe he is going to be 6 months old on the 26th. He's growing up way too fast. And I know that once he starts to crawl, there's no turning back. He'll be on the go constantly.

Monkins

Well I went to the pumpkin show this evening. (My younger daughter used to call them "monkins", hence, the title of this post). My 4 year old got lost for a minute. That was frightening. We walked across the street to watch a demonstration of this food chopper thing that is really cool, which we didn't even get to watch, and we were getting ready to walk away from that and I realized that she was not in sight. That was a very scary moment. Among all of those people it would have surely been difficult to find her. Fortunately my bro spotted her and apparently there was a lady that was trying to help her find us. She must have looked away for a second and then lost us in the crowd. She was crying and I felt terrible. I was (and am) so thankful that it was for such a short time and that I didn't have to spend the entire night looking for her.

Christmas Present For Dad

Lemetellyousomethingkids. Thaaaat's right. In Living Color. I've got to get this for my dad. I remember watching this show every Sunday evening. He really liked this show and he adoringly referred to it as "Black Is Beautiful". So, when I saw the other day that it is now available on DVD, I decided I must get it for him.

A Cat, A Cow, And A Lion

What do these things have in common? They are my kids' Halloween costumes. I've decided I am going to take them to the Harvest festival on beggar's night. And since they have to go dressed as a Bible Character or an animal, these seem to fit just nicely. They seem really excited about going to the festival and it sounds like a lot of fun. And like I stated before, they really do get bored with trick or treating after a very short time. (We're lucky to do one street). So this should provide some more excitement for them. As for me, I haven't dressed up for Halloween in over 10 years!!! The last time I can remember dressing up was when I was in 8th grade, so I would have been 13. And even then, I felt silly, like I was too old to be dressing up. I'll be sure to post a pic of them in their costumes.

My Old High School...

It was closed today because of some sort of threat. Here's the news about it...

Groveport-Madison High School is closed after school officials say they received "some kind of credible threat."
All three sessions at the high school are closed.The assistant principal says, "At 6:30 or 7:00 this morning, a note was found taped to the building where students enter. We followed up at the bus garage and we were lead to believe this was a credible threat."
In the note was written that if school officials did not find the threat credible, they should check the bus garage.At the garage, officials say they found an accelerant, possibly bomb making material.
Bomb sniffing dogs have been called out to the bus garage and police are investigating whether or not the threat came from a student.

That's a little freaky!

Which M&M are you?

Sorry, yet another personality quiz. I came across this on babycenter and had to post it. I'm Orange...go figure...

A Political Poll

Just thought it would be interesting to see who people are voting for. Leave me a comment and let me know who has your vote and why.
W? OR

Kerry?

Trick or Treat?

I can't decide if I should take my children trick or treating this year or take them to a harvest festival at Jersey Baptist Church. The festival looks really fun and my kids usually get bored after trick or treating for about 20 minutes. I did notice that Deleware is having their beggar's night on Sunday Oct. 31st, so I could see about taking the kids up there to where my cousin lives to trick or treat on Sunday and take them to the festival on Thursday. What do you think?

I'm Lois

I took guru's Family Guy quiz and turns out...I'm Lois. I don't think it is completely accurate for me though. It is partially. But I wouldn't call myself confident or say I have a healthy balance between having fun and being productive.

Which Family Guy character are you?

And I am married to Peter....

A Whole Week

I can't believe I let a whole week go by without blogging. I have sat down a couple of times thinking I would blog, but then got called away before I could. Today I am going with my younger daughter to Pigeon Roost Farm on a field trip. It is rainy, and she'll be picking a pumpkin, so that should be fun. NOT! I have been busy though. On Sunday, I dropped the baby off to my grandma and the girls went with my dad after church, and I got to come home and have the entire afternoon to clean!! Unfortunately, it took the whole afternoon just to clean my upstairs. The kids' rooms were terrible. I spent most of my time in those rooms. I still have some other things to do up here, like vacuum and clean the mirrors and counters, but other than that, I just have to keep it clean. (not such an easy task, however, with my children around). Well, it's off to the pumpkin patch.

My answers to G's meaningless survey

1. Pet Peeves: People who only go the speed limit, semi's in the fast lane.

2. Favorite Sounds: the sound of quiet.

3. Desk Items: CRT, printer, speakers, phone, scanner, no purple pen, CD's, trash.

4. Biggest Fears: outliving any of my children.

5. Biggest Challenges: trying to lose weight, thinking positively.

6. Newest 'Toys': I can't tell you, but it's in a drawer next to my bed (wink).

7. Most Used Words: jack@$$, STOP IT, GIRLS!, Shhh, the baby's eating.

8. Most misspelled Words: nutheeng, I uze spel chek!

9. Favorite Cartoon Characters: looney toons.

10. Your Homepage: Google

Taxi Anyone?

Is anybody planning on going to see the new Movie with the cutie-pie Jimmy Fallon? It's about a cop (JF) who can't drive and has to take a taxi (driven by Queen Latifah) around Manhattan to chase female bank robbers. I don't know if it will be good or not. I saw a clip from the movie that looked amusing. I'll have to look at the reviews to see if I think it will be worth the $8.00. What do you think?

A Fun Questionaire

1. What's your middle name : Ellen
2. What color pants are you wearing right now? red gym shorts
3. What are you listening to right now: my hubby snoring in the next room
4. What was the last thing you ate: cheese pizza
5. If you were a crayon what color would you be: green
6. How is the weather right now: fair and 59 degrees
7. Last person you talked to on the phone: my dad
8. First thing you notice about the opposite sex: it depends on if they are facing me or turned away from me (hehe). It's either face or butt.
9. How are you today? tired
10. Favorite Drink: diet root beer (is that 1 or 2 words?)
11. Favorite sport: volleyball or tennis
12. Hair Color: blonde
13. Eye Color: blue
14. Do you wear contacts: occassionally
15. Siblings: 1 older brother (ghraper)
16. Favorite Month?: October
17. Favorite Food(s): Italian
18. Last movie you watched: Annie
19. Favorite Day of the Year: September 12th
20. Summer or Winter: summer
21. Hugs or Kisses: hugs
22. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocloate
23. Living Arrangements: with hubby and our 3 children
24. What books are you reading? Bible
25. What's on your mouse pad: don't have one
26. Favorite Board Game: scattergories
27. What did you do last night? Watched "Joey" and the Presidential debate
28. Favorite Smells: Cool Water cologne for men
29. Can you touch your nose with your tongue: nope
30. What inspires you? Jesus, my children, people who overcome devestating odds
31. What is the best vacation you have ever had? Kiawah Island 4 years ago

If you get a chance, fill out your answers on your own blog, and leave me a comment that you did so I can check them out.

Holy Pumpkin Show, Batman!

It's just 3 weeks away! We missed the festival last year because I was preggers and was not feeling well. Hopefully we will be able to attend this year. Maybe even take the kids. My hubby doesn't really like to do these kind of things. He will go as long as we don't take the kids along, but, it's time that we be parents and start making memories with our kids. Like ghraper said. (Though I myself have been thinking this as well). I am also looking forward to taking the kids to Lynds Fruit Farm and picking some apples and pumpkins. guru doesn't want to do these things with the kids because of the hastle of keeping track of them and keeping them from fighting, but when I think back to my childhood, these are the things I remember and have fond memories of. Going apple-pickin' on a fall Saturday. Walking around the Pumpkin show and seeing the pumpkin pie that was bigger than I was. My parents didn't really have a lot of money when I was growing up, but they always enjoyed making things like this special for us whenever they could.

What do you do?

When a friend of yours tells you that he will burn you a copy of a Brian Regan CD, and then days, then weeks, then even months go by and still....no CD? I keep hearing little snippets from the CD, people quoting the funniness that is Bri-OWN, and I keep saying, "I still would like to hear the rest of that CD", and yet the friend has still neglected to burn it for you? What to do? What to do? Maybe I could send him a subliminal message or something, and he will get that to me STAT.